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Grateful Dead Live at Capitol Theater on 1970-06-24

by Grateful Dead

Publication date: 1970-06-24 ( check for other copies)

Topics: Mike Lai, Wayne Gucwa

Collection: GratefulDead

Band/Artist: Grateful Dead

Resource: DeadLists Project

Item Size: 1.4G

Disc 1 - 1 Set (labeled as shn disc 2)
1. Cold Rain & Snow
Me & My Uncle (missing)
2. Easy Wind
3. New Minglewood Blues
4. Alligator >
5. Drums >
6. The Other One Jam >
7. The Other One >
8. Attics Of My Life >
9. The Other One >
10. Cryptical Envelopment >
11. Cosmic Charlie
12. Good Lovin' > Drums >
13. China Cat Sunflower >
14. I Know You Rider >
15. Good Lovin'

Late Show (Labeled as disc 1 and 3 on shn discs)
Disc 2 (labeled as disc 1 on shn discs)
Set 1 - Acoustic: Grateful Dead
1. Big Railroad Blues//
2. Deep Elem Blues
The Rub (missing)
Silver Threads and Golden Needles (missing)
3. Friend Of The Devil
4. Candyman
5. Cumberland Blues//
6. Cold Jordan
New Riders of the Purple Sage
7. tuning
8. Six Days
9. Superman
10. I Don't Know You
11. Fair Chance to Know
12. Portland Woman

Disc 3 - Set 2 - Electric:
1. intro
2. Not Fade Away >
3. Easy Wind
4. chatter
5. Me and My Uncle
6. chatter
7. Dark Star >
8. Attics Of My Life >
9. Dark Star >
10. Sugar Magnolia >
11. Dark Star >
12. Saint Stephen >
13. China Cat Sunflower >
14. I Know You Rider
Encore:
Uncle John's Band (missing)

Addeddate: 2008-04-08 12:53:46

Identifier: gd1970-06-24.aud.lai.7467.sbefail.shnf

Location: Port Chester, NY

Source: (no source info given- listeners report AUD)

Transferred by: Wayne Gucwa and Mike Lai

Type: sound

Venue: Capitol Theater

Year: 1970

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Reviewer: Scott Shindell - - June 25, 2024
Subject: Disc 1 looks like a mystery show ... and maybe two

I’ve done some poking around and have a few comments about disc 1. Cold Rain, Easy Wind and Minglewood, and the Good Lovin’ > China > Rider > Good Lovin’ sequence, appear to be from a different recording than the Alligator jam. The Setlist Program site comes up with no 1970 shows with the Good Lovin’ sequence, and with three shows where Cold Rain, Easy Wind and Minglewood were played: 08/19/70, 11/07/70, and 12/26/70. I’ve compared these three songs to those played at those three shows and they do not appear to match the versions from those three shows. Finally, the Setlist Program site comes up with no shows where that Alligator jam was played. So I think disc 1 is a 1970 mystery show, and possibly two. My two cents.

Reviewer: rockthing - - August 16, 2020
Subject: What is what is what?

If there was ever a confused tangle of sources for a show, this is a candidate for champion. Glad to have'em, though. Thanks for the hard work. Downloading four different versions to sift through at a later date. There's a lot to look forward to here.

Reviewer: Magichord - - June 29, 2020
Subject: missing soundboard tapes

Not much to add beyond all the superlatives posted on other pages/versions by so many fans. It's a truly special, powerful, awesome show. But I wanted to comment of the lack of soundboard recordings for this era. One reviewer elsewhere mentions Owsley being unavailable, presumably because of serving time for his (more major) bust. But he actually was out of jail for a month or so-June- ("Bear" page 134), yet still was probably not with the band on the east coast for this show, I'll speculate.
Regardless, I heard (or read) in the '70s and '80s that the reason there is a 9 or 10 month period in 1970 with mostly no soundboard tapes was NOT because the band wasn't recording the shows, but because the master tapes were stolen, or lost...or both...in late '70 or early '71. I think this was mentioned in Hank Harrison's first "Dead Book", but I can't be sure, and my copy is long gone. If anyone can confirm or dispute this with better, solid information, that would be great.
This show has an aura of timelessness about it. What a jeweled relic! Hats off to Ken and Judy Lee! We are all so indebted to you.

Reviewer: SethWax - - June 24, 2018
Subject: Alligator>Other One >Attics>Other One

I've never seen this confirmed of the 6/24/70 early show set list. After hearing it, it definitely sounds like it is that show. That means Attics was played 3 times, once acoustic and two electric, between the early and late shows.

Reviewer: Pouzar - - June 8, 2015
Subject: For Carrion Crow

It's not a gunshot, it's fireworks. I was there. Enjoy.

Reviewer: chris phillips - - January 25, 2015
Subject: early show source

The early set is great too which is Cold Rain through Good Lovin' This is the peak night.

Reviewer: CarrionCrow - - February 6, 2011
Subject: Gunshot very clearly heard

Men And My Uncle - right after Bobby starts singing you can hear a gunshot - very clear. Audience laughs Bobby pauses a bit and everything quickly returns to normal - if that is a term that applies for an insane Night of Dead. I was at the show but don't recall this moment. I gotta hope it was a starter pistol or a blank. But it was loud!

BTW the second Dark Star is really sweet and very unique.

Reviewer: cbrown8995 - - February 7, 2010
Subject: Like listening through a goddamn funnel, but thanks!

This show is fantastic, just wish there was a better recording available. Thank for what is here though, I know it's a long time ago...

Reviewer: Brontis - - May 30, 2009
Subject: Phenomenal set; poor SQ

Ferocious--but short--house-tearing-down Other One.
Perhaps the very best Attics.
My favorite Cold Rain & Snow.

Too bad no Portchester boards...

5-star performance
1-star SQ

Reviewer: OnTrialWithJudgeReinhold - - May 10, 2009
Subject: Awesome

This show is awesome! Not great sound quality, but amazing setlist. They weave in and out so much, not enough bands do this kind of thing!

Reviewer: He Live's - - April 9, 2008
Subject: important addition

this is an important addition to the archive.

recording quality not great but we get the alligator>other one jam that was previously missing. and more...... completist stuff, perhaps....

show=4+ stars,
sound=3- stars..........

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